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One en gagement led to another and by 1972 they were full-time crooners of everything from Motets to Motown. But Motown is a long way from their beginnings as boy sopranos in cathedral or school choirs. They have a diverse rep ertoire and the King’s Singers bring an inimitable combina tion of musical and personal qualities to the stage. “We offer something for ev eryone,” says baritone Tony Holt. Without musical accom paniment, the King’s Singers slip effortlessly from graceful, sometimes bawdy, English madrigals to the purity of Re naissance liturgical chants. Although their performance has a tendency towards the lighter side, it never slips in ac curacy. “They aren’t so much six singers as a single instrument,” Newsweek reported. “They breathe together, enunciate to gether, even seemingly think together. Perhaps their greatest feat is making it look so easy.” Tickets are available at MSC Box Office and at all Ticketron outlets including Dillards at Post Oak Mall A By LEIGH-ELLEN CLARK Co-Editor “Bevond Therapy” was a hysterical look at human idi- osyncracies that plague what should be a normal relationship. With a terrific use of laughter the actors made it clear that “normal” isn’t. Christopher Durang’s satiric look at courtship and psycho analysis was performed here March 5 &> 6 by the Aggie Play ers and directed by Peck Phil lips, a junior theater arts ma jor. The play revolves around Prudence, portrayed by Judy Alvarez, and Bruce, portrayed by Jeff Danish, who are both “into” therapy. They look to their respective therapists for advice on commitment and relationships. Hers wants to get her back into bed and his wants to convince the world it’s okay to be crazy. The play has potential to be confusing as eveiyone begins to want just about eveiyone else — except the ones that are sup posed to. But it all seems pretty logical, as crackpots go, and works nicely. Alvarez mustered up the temper to scream loud enough to shake Rudder Forum when necessary — a regular dynamo. Her sarcasm was believable and convincingly cutting. But her insecurities were also evi dent as she couldn’t gracefully accept a compliment. Danish, playing Bruce, had plenty of compliments to toss her way. A favorite was his ref erence to her breasts early in the play. “I’m very fond of your breasts,” Bruce says. “They are the first thing I notice in a wo man.” Not knowing whether to be offended, complimented or embarrassed Alvarez sets the mood of the character success relationship for the rest of the play. He wants her to many him but she is too unsure of his sanity — perfection is a prior ity in her ideal of a man. Jennifer Berry plays Char lotte Wallace, Bruce’s inde scribably outrageous psychia trist. The lady is a nut — but oh, so adorable. The character is impulsive — a child one minute and a vixen the next. It’s easy to assume that Beny must also be impulsive, consid ering the ease she had making the character so real. Dressed in unusual garb for a profes sional-type and surrounded by stuffed animals she conducted sessions at her office/play-pen in a free-for-all fashion. Her philosophy for Bruce and Bob, his male lover played by Shyam Shah, was to run with their emotions. Ciy, scream, throw things, or shoot people — whatever. Expressing emotion was the best way to under stand it. The final scene is a circus of craziness. For the first time all the characters are gathered on the stage at once and finally they start to fall together into logical duos. Charlotte leaves with Stew art, Prudence’s macho thera pist who is unsure of his own masculinity and tends to overdo eveiy male trait there is. Bob leaves with the waiter. He’s a non-descript guy who toodles on and toodles off with Bob on his arm. All’s well that ends well, as Bob says. And lastly, the lights go down on Bruce and Prudence staring into each other’s eyes singing, “Someone to Watch Over Me.” Peck Phillips said, “The play maintains intelligence but still has a schmaltzy ending.” That’s true. It reminds us that no one is perfect and compro- mise is the key to a relationship. \